Central Government

As a proven supplier of legal services to central government departments, executive agencies and non-departmental government bodies, we have a real understanding of the challenging environment in which our governmental clients operate.

Using our team of dedicated and expert lawyers, we deliver a made-to-measure and seamless service to our clients.

We provide specialist cover and strategic advice to support our clients with their unique challenges. Understanding the need to drive value for money and deliver to the highest standards of scrutiny, accountability and information security is what makes us stand out.

Our expertise and experience covers a range of sectors, including social and economic infrastructure projects, defence, health, education and regulators. We provide advice on IT and outsourcing projects, general procurement, information governance, vires and dispute resolution.

Examples of work

We advised Highways England on a collaborative procurement with its Dutch counterpart for an integrated solution to be incorporated into the Regional Traffic Management Centres in each country

The Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education sought our advice on the flagship Free Schools programme, which includes UTCs and Studio Schools. Our work includes advising on site acquisition, construction, procurement, planning, tax and miscellaneous commercial matters. We advise on free school projects right across England, including many schemes in London

We have assisted the Ministry of Justice on a range of projects ranging from the outsourcing of a number of its back office functions through to procurements of court reporting, transcription and translation services

Our team has advised the Insolvency Service, HMRC and collaborated with other public bodies including the FCA, the Pensions Regulator and the Charities Commission by assisting them in the public interest winding up of live companies, typically involved in a wide variety of investment and other scams, the investigation and disqualification of directors of insolvent companies and the recovery of assets

We assisted the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in the investigation and disqualification of the former director of a company which contrived and facilitated a multi-million-pound pension-scheme abandonment, involving close liaison with The Pensions Regulator

We advised on the development of the backstop power purchase agreement - a key part of UK Government's drive to increase liquidity in the electricity market, to make it more accessible to independent low-carbon generators and electricity suppliers. This advice involved working with DECC (now part of BEIS) in developing a route to market for low-carbon generators

Our team assisted a central government department on a number of key site disposals for development, including helping the client to successfully resist a threatened procurement challenge from a disgruntled developer bidding for one of the sites

We advised the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) on a range of information governance issues including advising on directions from the Secretary of State and NHS England.

“…has more than enough highly-skilled solicitors to resource small or large projects and ensure the overall level of service is always outstanding.”

Legal 500 2017

“…attracts praise for its ability to ‘turn around urgent projects quickly.”

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